Habakkuk 3
1 Yahweh, I have heard about you; I revere you because of [all the amazing] things that you have done. In our time, do again [some of] those things that you did long ago! Even when you are angry [with us], be merciful [to us]!
Prière d'Habacuc, le prophète, sur le mode des chants plaintifs.
Éternel, j'ai entendu ton annonce et je suis craintif. Éternel, réalise ton œuvre durant ces années, durant ces années manifeste-la! Dans la colère souviens-toi de la pitié!
3 [In the vision, I saw] God, the Holy One, coming from the Teman [district in Edom]; [and I also saw] him coming from the Paran Hills [in the Sinai area]. His glory filled the sky, and the earth was full of [people who were] praising him.
Dieu arrive de Théman, et le Saint du mont de Paran. (Pause) Sa magnificence couvre les Cieux, et la terre se remplit de ses louanges.
4 His glory was like [SIM] a sunrise; rays flashed from his hands where he hides his power.
Et c'est un éclat pareil au jour, des rayons jaillissent de sa main; là s'enveloppe sa majesté.
5 He sent plagues in front of him, and [other] plagues came behind him.
Devant lui marche la peste, et la contagion paraît sur ses traces.
6 When he stopped, the earth shook. When he looked at the nations, [all the people] trembled. The hills and mountains that have existed for a very long time [HYP] collapsed and crumbled. Yahweh is the one who exists eternally/forever!
Il s'arrête et mesure la terre; Il regarde et fait trembler les peuples; les monts éternels éclatent, les collines antiques s'affaissent; Il [suit] les voies anciennes.
7 [In the vision] I saw the [people who live in] tents in the Cushan [region] being afflicted, and the people in the Midian [region] trembling.
Je vois dans la détresse les tentes de l'Ethiopie, et trembler les pavillons du pays de Madian.
8 Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you were angry with them? Did the seas cause you to be furious, with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots that enabled you to defeat them?
Est-ce contre les fleuves que s'irrite l'Éternel? est-ce contre les fleuves qu'il se courrouce? est-ce à la mer qu'en veut ta fureur, que tu t'avances avec tes chevaux sur ton char de victoire?
9 [It was as though] you uncovered your bow, took arrows from your quiver, [and prepared to shoot them]. [Then with lightning] you split open the earth, and streams burst forth.
Ton arc est tiré, les malédictions sont les traits de ta parole!… (Pause)
10 [It is as though] the mountains saw you [doing that], and they trembled. Floods rushed by; [it was as though] the deep ocean roared and caused its waves to rise up high.
La terre vomit des fleuves. Les montagnes te voient, elles tremblent, des torrents d'eau se précipitent, l'abîme fait retentir sa voix, il soulève ses bras en haut.
11 The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky while your [lightning] flashed [past like] a swift arrow, and your glittering spear flashed.
Le soleil, la lune demeurent dans leur gîte à la lumière de tes flèches qui volent, à la splendeur de l'éclair de ta lance.
12 Being very angry [DOU], you walked across the earth and trampled the [armies of many] nations.
Dans ton courroux tu marches sur la terre, dans ta colère tu écrases les peuples.
13 But you [also] went to rescue us, your people, and to save the [king] (Or, [people]) whom you had chosen [MTY]. You struck down the leader [MTY] of those wicked people and stripped off his clothes, from his head to his feet.
Tu sors pour sauver ton peuple, pour sauver ton Oint. Tu fracasses le faîte de la maison des impies, jusques au comble tu en mets à nu les bases. (Pause)
14 With his own spear you destroyed the leader of those soldiers who rushed like [SIM] a whirlwind to [attack and] scatter us, thinking that they could conquer us [Israelis] easily.
Tu perces de tes traits la tête de ses chefs qui s'élancent pour me disperser, se réjouissent comme pour dévorer le malheureux dans l'embuscade.
15 You walked through the sea with your horses [to destroy our enemies], and caused the waves to surge.
Tu foules la mer avec tes chevaux, l'écume des grandes eaux.
16 When I saw that vision, my heart pounded and my lips quivered [because I became afraid]. My legs became weak and I shook, [because I was terrified]. But I will wait quietly for the people [of Babylonia], those who invaded our country, to experience disasters!
J'ai entendu et mon corps tremble; à cette voix mes lèvres s'entre-choquent, la carie pénètre mes os, mes genoux tremblent sous moi qui dois être impassible au jour de la détresse, quand mon peuple est assailli par notre oppresseur.
17 [Therefore, ] even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees, and there are no grapes on the grapevines, and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees, and there are no crops in the fields, and even if the flocks [of sheep and goats] die in the fields, and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns,
Car le figuier ne fleurit pas et la vigne ne donne pas de récolte, le jet de l'olivier est trompeur, et les guérets ne donnent point de pain, dans le bercail il y a faute de brebis et plus de bœufs dans les étables.
18 I will rejoice because [I know] Yahweh. I will be joyful because Yahweh my God is the one who saves me!
Toutefois je mets ma joie en l'Éternel, et mon allégresse en Dieu mon sauveur.
19 Yahweh the Lord is the one who causes me to be strong; he enables me to climb [(safely/without falling)] in the [rocky] mountains, like [SIM] a deer does. (This message is for the choir director: [When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing] stringed instruments.)
L'Éternel, le Seigneur est ma force, Il me donne les pieds de la biche pour me faire atteindre mes hauteurs. Au maître chantre sur le mode de mon luth.
